tattoo

Definition

  • noun: a picture, word, etc., that is drawn on a person's skin by using a needle and ink
  • noun: a rapid rhythmic rapping
  • verb: to draw or write (a picture, word, etc.) on a part of someone's body by using a needle and ink
  • verb: to beat or rap rhythmically on
  • verb: to mark or color (the skin) with 'tattoos'
  • synonyms: band, bang, bar

Examples

  • A heart was 'tattooed' on his arm. [=he had a tattoo of a heart on his arm]

  • a 'tattoo parlor' [=a place where people go to get tattoos]

  • He had a 'tattoo' of a heart on his shoulder.

Movie quotes

  • (..) big dude hammering my mother. My heart started thumping and I just wanted to die. I still get this flash-back whenever I see her. The memory is just tattooed on my soul and I can't shake it off. - You could try hypnosis. - What? You could go to a hypnotist. (..)
    2015 Virgin Mountain
  • (..) Oh, hey, what about... what about her? Her? Yeah, for an I.D. I mean, if a guy gets a tattoo of a woman's face on his arm, then she probably meant something to him, right? You want to run your facial recognition software on the tattoo? If we can find her, then maybe she can give us an I.D. BOOTH: There's not gonna (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Fight in the Fixer Season: 11 Episode 15
  • (..) He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very "Ahab." - This. - Uh, it's a tattoo, I don't think he had it... No, those are tattoos, this is a brand. Oh, yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning "thief." In a much less friendly way. What dialect? (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron